All-time weather records — Rahway, NJ

Record high
105.1°F
July 23, 2011
Record low
-9.9°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
9.76 in
September 17, 1999

Climate change signal in Rahway

6.8%

of Rahway's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1960s
4
5
1970s
66
125
1980s
66
138
1990s
83
61
2000s
89
28
2010s
58
9

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1969, the latest in 2015. Period of observation: 1969-2016.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 7, 2007 -9.9°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.76 in — Jan 4, 1982
February 75.0°F — Feb 24, 1985 -6.0°F — Feb 12, 1979 6.21 in — Feb 17, 2003
March 90.0°F — Mar 31, 1998 1.0°F — Mar 8, 1986 5.10 in — Mar 14, 2010
April 97.0°F — Apr 18, 2002 12.0°F — Apr 6, 1995 5.28 in — Apr 16, 2007
May 96.1°F — May 21, 1996 24.1°F — May 4, 1986 3.38 in — May 1, 2014
June 98.1°F — Jun 10, 2008 32.0°F — Jun 12, 1979 3.96 in — Jun 29, 1973
July 105.1°F — Jul 23, 2011 42.1°F — Jul 5, 1979 7.05 in — Jul 25, 1997
August 102.9°F — Aug 10, 2001 24.1°F — Aug 5, 1992 9.70 in — Aug 28, 2011
September 99.0°F — Sep 10, 1983 33.1°F — Sep 24, 1974 9.76 in — Sep 17, 1999
October 88.0°F — Oct 9, 2007 21.9°F — Oct 19, 1974 5.60 in — Oct 20, 1996
November 81.0°F — Nov 3, 2003 14.0°F — Nov 24, 1989 3.55 in — Nov 8, 1977
December 75.9°F — Dec 8, 1998 -5.1°F — Dec 26, 1980 2.75 in — Dec 12, 2008

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